Cat naps
My baby is 9weeks old on Wednesday and sleeps great at night but… we are having difficulty during the day. He normally has a bedtime routine at 7pm then will sleep until my partner does a dream feed before he comes to bed about 11/12pm but the last few days he has been cat napping during the day if we put him down but will sleep for an hour or so if we are holding him. Bedtime the last few nights has been a nightmare just really fighting it and finally getting him to sleep about 9/10ish. He is so over tired and fighting the day sleeps not sure if this is just a stage🤞🏼
Any advice for naps during the day? He seems to get tired about 10am so will try get him to have a nap but that can take an hour for him to go then he’s next bottle is at 12!🫠helpp😂
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They have been much shorter the past few days as he just seemed over tired/ over stimulated. He just starts crying and will drift off when we pick him up so been rocking him to sleep but maybe we will try stick out the wake time and hope that helps. I’m going to start timing wake and sleep during the day tomorrow and see if there is some pattern that might help. Thank you 🤗xx
Huckleberry is a great app for tracking sleep!
What are his wake windows like? How long are they? Catnapping can be from having too little wake windows (undertired) or can also come from overtiredness. My LO’s wake windows are normally nothing more than 1.5hours. I try to stretch it if it’s anything less as I found that’s when he catnaps and only sleeps for 30-40 mins. Maybe try this? I hope it gets better for you, I know it can be very tiring! 😫